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Oh, noes!
While I was away from the computer over the weekend, Ann Althouse completely blew a gasket in my honor and I didn’t even know about it! Life is so cruelly unfair sometimes.
I guess now we have an answer to the old hippie Zen koan, “What if they had a flame-war and nobody came?”
Awwww, poor Anodyne Outhouse. Nobody outside of her tiny circle of readers noticed her pathetic cry for attention. I feel so bad. That’s like forgetting someone’s birthday. Worse, even. If someone is going to pee all over themselves trying to get your attention, then you should at least drop them a measly link or two for their trouble, right?
Well, I hope that the video presentation above makes up for my thoughtlessness and neglect toward our favorite Internet Laughingstock, bless her heart.
Kenosha Kid says:
(She wishes, the poor dear.)
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zewd Missed it because of fumble fingers.
1?
hey spiderpaws!
‘lo alfred
hey spiderpaws
funny man. fuckery man.
Evening, gang.
I hope my First Official Vlog entertains you.
Ah, targets of opportunity avail themselves once again for snarky pleasure of the Trex!
is there someone willing to do a transcript for those of us on dialups?
Hi y’all. Can’t sleep.
I see you have a few geisha waiting on you
good Vlog!!
what does that mean suzi? transcripts?
Nice Vlog T!
Damn, I nip out for some chocolate and y’all run upstairs.
LOL! Great Vlog!
Need to get the background music up a little.
spiderpaws @ 12
Oh, no, I wait on them.
OK Suzanne, he basically told AnnA that it would be a waste of his time to engage in a flame war. And he told her to rest. And held up a picture of cartoon breasts.
TRex,
Why don’t you vlog one of your trips to the piggly wiggle? It would be fun.
no no backround is fine….you can actually hear the paper shuffling…nice
spidey, i’m on dialup and if i try to watch the vlog, it will slow down my dialup so slow that i can’t moderate effectively. so i was asking for what was said in the video.
AZ Matt @ 17
It’s after midnight. I have neighbors.
I just wuvvv your cleavage, TRex!!! 8-)
Hey, wait just a goddamned minute! Boobs on the intertoobz? Who allowed that?
ahm in ur screen stealin ur pixels … is it manly to post this while snuggling with a 12-week old kitten?
Give me a few minutes and I’ll transcribe it for you Suzanne. My shorthand ain’t what it used to be.
that dialup causes a host of troubles
TRex, what do you think would happen if you ignored her completely?
Tex Betsy @ 28
Think of the snark we would miss.
I went over and read the post you linked to. In a moment I’ll be taking a short break to wash the taste out of my mouth. She had a link to a post where she said she faced you down. I followed that one and it appears that all she did was take a picture. Was there more or is that here idea of facing someone down?
TRex @ 23
C’mon, Big Boy, any Audio would be nice…!!! ;-)
trex, did you have to put little bandaid’s over the cartoon breasts to get them by any censor who might deem them obscene?
Is there a rule about boobies being in every vlog? I have no problem with that, just taking notes in case I ever make one. ;)
Tex Betsy @ 28
You mean instead of just saying he was going to ignore her?
Though I must say the fake tits were funny.
Mmm, back to that Home Depot. Looks like its getting hammered, and not just for all that Faux News support:linky
TRex @ 8
It’s perfect. Like the fake tits at the end. But we wanna hear YOU dammit, not the nice music…
silence is golden
“If someone is going to pee all over themselves trying to get your attention, then you should at least drop them a measly link or two for their trouble, right?”
Uh, no. :)
Cream rises. Shit floats. Not the same thing. :)
Just went over to the althouse entry. OK, I started laughing at the top where she says “I’m picturing chubby, pasty white” and here the line breaks and to the immediate right is that picture of her…
chubby, pasty white indeed…!
Anyway, I don’t get it. What is it about Althouse that people like to read? I know I’ve seen one or two vlog entries in which all she does is wave (and drink down) a glass of wine while rambling about something or other. W.T.F.?
spiderpaws @ 37
Hey, Spidey, with the Moon in Virgo and the Sun on the Cusp, vas ist los??? *g*
the sun isn’t on the cusp – yet
montag @ 38
Ironic that they both ascend!!! ;-)
Oh, spidey. My birthday is in two weeks. August 26th here. Any forcast for us Virgos and a few Leos upcoming? And the usual politics overview. *grins*
TRex is only white on camera. In person, green and scaly. Very tall. Long tail. In need of a dentist.
Tex Betsy @ 44
Well if he wouldn’t just gobble them down…
spiderpaws @ 41
I know… sheesh, with all the excitement in my neck of the woods recently, I must be rushing my B’Day!!! ;-)
soft, cricket-y kinda night here for a change
Wapo has an op ed up about Rovian blindness. Hits on a point that gets FAR too little press…Rove and the Clusterfucker hit the wall when they went after social security..The old people beat them to death with blunt objects—their own words..that was the end of the Clusterfuck presidency–particularly when after they’d been beaten five or six times and they showed up for more thrashings..
Clusterfuck– the would be fascist who was foiled by 80 year olds.
‘TRex wants 11 dollar bills and you only got ten…’
;>)
Completely off all topics, and while I wait for Europe to awaken. Knut the icebear has grown now, and if you want to marvel at nature, and the tiny Panda bear:
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/,tt…..0/?img=1.0
For the YouTube impaired…
Therapod full-frame, 8.5×11″ flash-card style slide show…
Dear Ann Althouse…
Listen Lady…
For me to join you in one of these…
Piss-ant little Flame Wars that you love so much…
Would be a disgraceful waste of my time and talent…
But Good Luck finding someone else to boost your traffic…
And next time you want to try and start a war with me…
Send me an email or something…
And I’ll see if I can work you in…
KTHXBAI!
P.S. Try and get some rest Dear…
You look exhausted.
Lurrrrrrrrve,
TRex
Then the boob gag…
OK, Suzanne, here’s the whole thing.
Starts with Trex smiling at the camera. A lovely Japanese print hangs on the wall behind him. He holds up a series of messages that read:
Dear Ann Althouse
Listen Lady
For me to join you in on of these piss-ant little flame-wars that you love so much
Would be a disgraceful waste of my time and talents
but good luck finding someone else to boost your traffic
And next time you want to try and start a war with me
Send me an email or something
and I’ll try and work you in
KTHXBAI
P.S. Try and get some rest dear
You look exhausted
Lurrrrrrrrve
Trex
Finish with Trex holding up 2 circles with dots in the middle to his manly chest, all the while smiling like an altar boy with a devilish streak.
newtonusr @ 51
Woohoo – thanks newton
very snarky, TRex.
rwcole @ 48
As the stock market and the economy go into the tank, we need to remind the voters who wanted to “privatize” the SS program.
Yay, TRex vlogging!!
And why did I watch that stoopit Althaus vlog all the way thru? Fiance walked past halfway through and asked “When did fat Debbie Harry get a blog?” Notice also the appearance of the obligatory mimosa at 6:18.
I like that she had to pad the vlog with extra insults. And that she sez “Uh?!” and corrects herself to “Duh?!”
Otherwise I’d like that eight minutes back please.
thanks, persi :)
TRex, you crack me up. That video was hysterical. Especially your expressions. Poor middle-aged crone must be really hitting the bottle now. No kidding, at her age, she really shouldn’t drink so much.
no politics tonight after the roughing up I got last time and the snark! you don’t deserve my reports unless you kneel politely and beg…meanwhile aliasofwestgate, let me see if I can tune in on you….gimme a few minutes here…mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Nice touch, TRex, with the stylistic tribute to Dylan ala Subterranean Homesick Blues
CTuttle @ 24
CT: How is the hurricane in your parts? I wanted to give all our island pups a shout out. Stay Safe! Thinking of you!
lolo
Sorry to duck out there. My mom called. We’re a family of night owls. My brother usually beeps in when I’m talking to her.
Suzanne @ 59
Yes, yes!!
Trex,
She’s not worth the bandwidth. She’s a narcissistic alcoholic who drinks red “whine” right out of the box. Your talents are wasted on her. Let’s Moveon.
Che’s Lounge @ 63
Heh.
Indeedy.
9 Rove departure cartoons
Might as well be productive if I am awake :)
What if they gave a flame war and nobody came?
Love to see her traffic — bet it spikes tonite.
CTuttle @ 42
Yup, and so do helium balloons and farts. Doesn’t mean they’ve got the right stuff. :)
TRex, that’s a great vlog! Hearty congratulations! (Who’s on camera, or is it a web cam?)
Loo Hoo. @ 68
MacBooks have a built in “i-Sight” camera.
Tex Betsy @ 65
Liked the one with Plato. Gracias!
humboldtblue @ 25
HumboltBlue, you said something in the last thread about Patreas’ combat experience. What do you know?
TRex @ 69
So does my desktop iMac.
BTW, ygm.
lolo @ 60
It was downgraded to a Cat 2, they initially predicted it would be a Tropical Storm, then said at most it would be a Cat 1! I’m more concerned for the isles further along it’s path, right now it’s lashing South Point, the least populated region in all of the Chain!!! Unfortunately, my family home is there!!! Here’s a current pic…
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/ha3.html
Dang…where does one obtain way cool eyeglass frames like unto those?
Snud @ 74
I know, huh?
am feeling the love alias and how…whew…I know you know what I’m talking about…temper first then reason…but you will listen…eventually…desire desire desire…lets back off here and let you have at it…great! cooler now?…always keeping one eye on the homefront and oh, there you go again helping everybody out and never caring if they forget to thank you very much…am feeling the soft heart here all tender and sweet and yeah, you like it that way…s’okay being in charge of the little people, always in charge really but so nicely they never even know it..oops watch the faling over a log stuff and of course protect your heart…its other people who bring the trouble.
Snud @ 74
Right here.
TRex @ 77
Most excellent! Thank you!
They make all kinds of interesting people come up and talk to you.
I can’t tell you how many awesome conversations have started with, “I like your glasses.”
mulligatawny @ 50
Mama’s saying are you a panda or a mouse? Stop that squeaking, right now!
rwcole @ 48
I presume they leave out the key role of TPM and the blogs in whipping up the Dems for the fight? The senior citizens may have been an important factor as always, but TPM did more than anyone to tie that boat anchor around the necks of Bush and his congressional allies.
To take a line from a comment on the Ted Stevens investigation:
For Ann, the internet is a series of lubes.
Che’s Lounge @ 82
Yes. Tied-off Fallopian tubes… or lubes, as the case may be.
montag @ 83
In Ann’s case, mankind can only hope…!!! ;-)
Hilarious video Trex. One for the ages I think.
She’s tied on a few too many me thinks.
(skids in on stocking feet)… Hey, all! How the fuck are ya’? (foul-mouthed fem blog participant that I am).
See you got you vlog all fixed up, TRex! NICE! and still very, very funny!
so, spiderpaws pleeeeease? my birthday’s coming up on the 20th and I’d sure like to have a general idea of what’s coming…
please?
Che’s Lounge @ 82
Did you see those things she said about me? She’s got snakes in her head, man. I think she did a little too much of that LDS stuff. Back in the hippie days.
Glenn Greenwald said to me at YKos that my snubbing Ann Althouse on election night was the single interesting thing in her otherwise bleak Wisconsin landscape of a life and that everything she says and does toward me reflects the fact that she will never, ever, ever forgive me for not liking her and finding her interesting.
So now she’s stalking me.
Did you watch that video? Jesus. I started to wonder if she’s going to come down here to Georgia and try to boil one of my pets.
CTuttle @ 84
Ah, well, everyone has the right to procreate, but not to expect their progeny to be the living, spitting up image of George W. Bush….
finifinito @ 85
Are ya gonna archive it, fini? You know, for posterity…!!! ;-)
Tex Betsy @ 65
Great, TexB!
Please don’t tell me she’s from WI. I grew up there. You’ll destroy my childhood memories.
OldCoastie @ 87
fucking nice skidmarks! what do ya think your fucking coefficient of friction was?
TRex @ 88
A: She can’t find Georgia on a map, not with that mimosa in her hand.
B: We will rush to your aid should A be proven untrue.
TRex @ 88
We’ll protect you.
CTuttle @ 90
Well I already saved it to my YouTube favorites if you call that an archive. Thats where I keep all the Donita videos. I suppose its a bit of an FDL YouTube archive at this point.
Hey Loo Hoo, notice the crickets after your 71?
TRex @ 88
This has much Keystone Kops/Harold Lloyd potential, you realize? :)
Hi Loo Hoo,
Have you decided on a name for your ed blog?
Suzanne @ 93
Dang, accentuating the ‘foul-mouthed fem’ role, eh, Ma Cheri??? *g*
Trex,
She gives stalkers a bad name.
Che’s Lounge @ 101
RAmen!
Suzanne @ 93
Its the Casimir socks..
Going to try the sleep thing again.
Tex Betsy @ 104
Gnite!
Suzanne @ 93
well, let’s see – NO skidmarks, low coefficient…
btw – just who the fuck is Ann Althouse? I got her little vlog running and I have absolutely no idea what the hell she is doing!
(am I swearing enough now to be foul-mouthed? I don’t want to let the fans down)
Tex Betsy @ 104
G’night. Sleep easy.
CTuttle @ 100
Yeah, but I offset with the techie geekie math question (also investigated traffic collisions and knowing the COF and the length and type of the skidmarks is how you determine speed from skids)
This shit is too funny to be categorized as “fuckery.” Has Ann followed up and shown us her b**bs yet?
Tex Betsy @ 104
Good Luck, Ma’am!!!
If you have flame wars on the internet (and no matter how hard you try, you eventually do)… That’s a classy way of handling it.
I hope she gets lots of support. Group therapy perhaps? I’m in.
Now back to reality :)
Quantum Levitation
Suzanne @ 108
I wasn’t disputin’ your physics, Ma’am!!! ;-)
OldCoastie @ 106
Fuck no you’re not gotdamnit! You better fuckin up your usage of the word fuck if you motherfuckin expect to get labeled a fuckin foul mouthed fem blog commentor.
Ed*ard Teller @ 109
Jeebus girl, don’t let them out!
Ed*ard Teller @ 109
I’m not sure it’s even cheesedickery.
It’s a fluid situation…. :)
finifinito @ 114
Go, fini, Go…!!! *g*
finifinito @ 114
spew
montag @ 116
I believe though that its at least halfassery so there is that…
well I don’t do predictions, remember, old coastie? I erect astrological charts with software and figure out aspects and then do the progressions to see what is happeining in your houses and where the action could be. It takes a few days. And I need more than the day of your birth.
sometimes I take a birthday (like in the case of aliasofwestgate) and tune into the name and date and see what kind of information and feelings I get…it doesn’t always work and one never knows since after I do it, people frequently leave the toobz and never say whether I got it right.
Suzanne @ 108
Okay, I give the COF as 0.25. Go!
well, I just finished watching AA… erm – that was a massive waste of time…
If that woman reveals her tits to you
We’ll have to call them
Thing one and Thing two!
Ann Althouse looked and acted drunk in her video. Was that a Scewdriver she was drinking?
OldCoastie @ 122
See, I wont even watch it bcause I know I will never get that time back if I do. Won’t do it, I already know its an embarrassing video her grandkids one day will see and say Grandma was psycho!
hi people…
quick question: I like to stay current with the latest reich-wing bloviators as much the next news junkie, but I am thrice-damned if I want to give the likes of HotAir or LGF or Capt’s Hindquarters any extra hits… is there someone doing a mirroring of their sites which lefties can visit without giving the smear merchants any brownie pts?
BTW: TRex… watched all of that Big Fat Quiz last nite… stayed up WAYYYY too late… laughed much… GOTHS WIN!!! GOTHS WIN!!!!! ahem… sorry… *slinks off into shallows*
TRex @ 77
Tis a circle with fashion, huh? My sixth grade teacher wore frames like that!
spiderpaws @ 120
oh yeah… sorry… that sounds like WAY too much work!
spiderpaws @ 120
4AM, Edmonton,Alta, Can… *g*
montag @ 121
fuck no – i gave up that shit when i turned in my fuckin badge and they quit fucking paying me a semi-decent fucking wage.
OldCoastie @ 122
I chose not to give her the traffic. You just confirmed that I made the right choice.
I KNOW OH MY GOD WASN’T IT AWESOME??!!!
YAAAAAAY, GOTHS!!
Suzanne @ 130
Those motherfuckers!
having never seen an althouse vlog is one of the few good things about being on dialup…
TeddySanFran @ 97
Done in your honor, good man!
Suzanne @ 134
You can’t make the shit up.
I have probably made a grave tactical error responding at all. I was going to let it slide, but then I got on the phone with my brother and he was all upset that someone would say that kind of stuff about his brother and, well…IT’S HIS FAULT!! PATREX MADE ME DO IT!
Loo Hoo. @ 134
and was very nicely done too, loohoo :)
Suzanne @ 134
Maybe that’s the purpose of our Tech Nazis blocking all that stuff.
Naah, they just want me to work. Oh well, must refresh comments again.
Okie doke, I’m off to bed. Gnite all!
Great quote from “A New Leaf”.
Goin’ up the hill…there’s a bunch of rustling out there and you just never know what you’ll find
persiflage @ 99
I love the RAE-Rediscovering American Education. But with a twist to make it REA-Rediscovering Education in America. Get it? NEA/REA? Thanks so much!
well, it’s bedtime for me… g’night all…
keep up the damn good fucking work!
newtonusr @ 132
Go ahead, Ladies, arm those Riechwing Bloggers…!!! *g*
Che’s Lounge @ 123
There once was a lawyer from Wisconsin
Whose tits were all laced up in tin.
She fought and she fought,
But it all came to naught,
Her fright was all fraught with sin.
Nite, Sleepy Heads!!! 8-)
Suzanne @ 134
Your eyes and ears have been spared the horror. I watched the one where she was watching American Idol. My favourite part was where she implied she didn’t watch the show much and then proceeded to give chapter and verse about each contestant, what they sang last show, how they did last week etc etc. All this with a glass of wine in her hand.
And to make up for my lack of foul-fingeredness fuckity fuck fuck fuck..
O’Hanlon and Cordesmann were on On Point on NPR today, and I forced myself to listen to some of it. (Had to quit before my throat got raw from yelling back at them.) I have to give the host, Tom Ashbrook, some credit, the intro mentioned O’Hanlon and Pollack dishonestly trying to portray themselves as critics of the war, and how their entire “fact finding” trip was orchestrated by the Pentagon (not in terms that strong, but not bad.)
Summary of O’Hanlon’s position, in response to questioning from an actual journalist:
“Though I have no theory of the necessary political reconciliation could possibly occur, I’m sure the consequences of failure are so awful that we must pursue an incredibly slim chance of success, no matter what the cost.”
Cordesmann, though wins the prize for the most blatantly dishonest argument, using the fact that it will take months to withdraw troops to claim that there’s no point in starting to withdraw. And mark your Friedman Unit calendars — if I heard right, Cordesmann claimed that if political progress isn’t made by early 2008, it’ll be “too late.”
Loo Hoo. @ 142
That sounds great. I’m glad you’re happy. When you’ve got it up and running, I’ll be a regular reader.
Alright, gang. I need to tear myself away here and eat and go to bed.
Oscar Wilde said that cats and mirrors are two things that it’s inherently unhealthy to pay too much attention to. I would have to add internet flame wars to that category.
persiflage @ 147
Funny, I’ve known a lot of serious academics who had their trashy, guilty pleasures, but they didn’t deny them–or defend them much.
Prof. Althouse seems to be doing both, without comprehending the implicit contradiction. :)
persiflage @ 146
Tut, tut, Sheila!!! :-0
RAE is great, LooHoo….
is your blog going to be the RAE Reader?
Oh, and FUCKING FUCK!!
I’M A FUCKING FOUL-MOUTHED FEM!!
UNDULATING FUCK ON A FUCKING STICK!!
*drops a dollar in the swear-jar*
Ahhhhhhh.
Funny, I’ve known a lot of serious academics who had their trashy, guilty pleasures, but they didn’t deny them–or defend them much.
Prof. Althouse seems to be doing both, without comprehending the implicit contradiction. :)
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Isn’t she supposed to be a professor of psychology? Oh, the irony!
OldCoastie @ 142
Good fuckin’ night!
TRex @ 154
You’re doing fine. I don’t think you need further encouragement. :) Fuck `em.
Persi, be sure to be typing your fucks while wearing white gloves and your pearls – it is after memorial day and before labor day and ya gotta stay fucking ladylike at all times.
persiflage @ 155
Uh, law, I thought. Amateur psychologist, then. :)
You will sleep better now, TRex. Enjoy your dinner and the cats and some well deserved sleep.
Suzanne @ 157
*Gasp* Am I being mocked…??? *g*
Trying to finish three pieces of music by next Friday. Scariest deadline situation in this century for me. But I found time to drive into Anchorage this evening for a Diane Benson organizing meeting. She’s in SE AK, making a lot of headway.
A thing that keeps coming up is the craziness that is beginning to overwhelm Don Young’s fight to keep his US congressional seat. Boith Benson and Jake Metcalfe, the two declared Dem candidates against Young, avoided sending groups to Young’s only public picnic in recent Anchorage history yesterday. I was going to go, but couldn’t. Apparently, the event was attended fairly sparsely, But a few people from Young’s camp and from the demonstrators got into it more than once.
Here’s a YouTube clip of one of the confrontations. The more I hear about Don’s weird BBQ, the gladder I am I didn’t go. The hostility there, according to a friend who went, was almost overwhelming.
CTuttle @ 161
No, not really. There was no mention of antimacassars or doilies. You’re okay. :)
TRex @ 154
I was going to respond with something incredibly witty…but dang, you said it all.
TRex @ 154
I am not one to jump on the bandwagon, fuck it, I help drive the horses.
redshift you can fucking bet O Hairy never went to Viet Nam
SteveAudio @ 163
A mere buck doesn’t cut it…!!! ;-)
CTuttle @ 160
ct – were you the one who called fdl a foul mouthed fem blog? if yes, then well, yes i am mocking you – otherwise, nope.
Suzanne @ 158
I do so find it difficult to type whilst clutching said fucking pearls. However, one must conform to the fucking rules of etiquette, or is that fucktiquette?
Suzanne @ 152
I really don’t know enough yet, Suz, to tell you much. I’ll be sure to let you know when it’s up and running. I’ve gotten several emails and a call I missed and returned, but it summer for the NEA, I guess. I’ll sure keep everyone posted. I’m excited!
I meant to say that I’m excited, damn it!
CTuttle @ 167
Hey, muthafuckahs are a buck!
Why were they hostile to Don Young? Apart from the stuffed heads…
montag @ 159
Then I have confused her with someone else, though, Goddess knows, she’s confused enough.
montag @ 170
Fucking ‘Uncle’ already!!! *g*
sorry loohoo, that should have been rea not rae
Who was it earlier said they were from WI?
I’m loading movies I shot in Superior, WI in July into iMovie.
persiflage @ 169
I think “fuckin’ ettyqwet” is sufficient, especially if you’re vacuuming in high heels.
:)
…is everyone drunk here tonite?
spiderpaws @ 177
No pain, no gain…!!!
naw, just some end of the day hijinks to let off some steam
Ed*ard Teller @ 162
spiderpaws @ 178
Uh, what makes you think that? :)
SteveAudio @ 176
Steve A, I need to thank you for “Nob Romney”. I can’t remember where you said it, but it’s been cracking me up.
Wow, eerily still and quiet!!!
CTuttle @ 184
Does that mean the eye is passing over you? :)
Montag :
I think “fuckin’ ettyqwet” is sufficient, especially if you’re vacuuming in high heels.
:)
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And it’s especially difficult with this tiara on my head.
montag @ 184
Here’s the most recent mug shot!
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/GIFS/HAWV.JPG
TRex @ 183
It was actually Knob Romney, I think it was a comment at TBogg, who, BTW, is in hurricane-threatened Hawaii even as we speak.
TRex @ 183
Which reminds me of an old joke. If you get a blow job in the lane to the drive-up window of McDonalds, does that mean you got a Ronald McKnob Job?
no tiara’s – doesn’t judy ghouliani have the tiara trade all sewn up?
persiflage @ 186
Ah, Mrs. Benito Giuliani, nice to have you here, this evening. :)
Suzanne @ 168
Oh, Suz. That was a joke in keeping with one of Jane’s earlier posts today. Susan (Collins?- R Maine) campaign made a comment about fem blogs that was really out of line.
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/….._0813.html
Matthews is saying Rove is more exposed to being forced to testify since resigning.
montag @ 188
Naw, that’s what the employees inside get!!!
Well beloveds, I’m going to fuck off and do some fuckin shopping, lest starvation descend on Chez Persi.
Farewell, sleep well, I loves youse all.
thanks, loohoo – just wanted to clarify to prevent another case of fonts in mouth like last week.
persiflage @ 195
Don’t squeeze the fuckin’ grapefruit, okay? :)
They’re sensitive, y’know. :)
(waving to all the fucking sleepy firepups leaving)
G’nite, Persi!!!
persiflage @ 186
Refresh that lipstick, girlscout!
Suzanne @ 190
It’s JUDITH! She’s fucking JUDITH now, OKAY?!
You have to go read the Vanity Fair article. What a piece of work.
They deserve each other.
montag @ 196
I like melons…!!! ;-)
SteveAudio @ 176
That was me, but I’m from the Chicago suburb of Milwaukee. Superior is too far north (and to impart the evening’s lexicon – too fucking cold), though I spent time in Iron River, Beeeutiful country. Can I see your movie on the web?
TRex @ 201
Actually, what they deserve is a long, unhappy, vitriolic divorce together. :)
Hey it’s Judith now, not Judi, didn’t you hear? And make sure you book the extra plane seat for her Louis Vitton handbag if you want Rudy to show up…three seats, one for her, one for him and one for Louis
Che’s Lounge @ 202
TRex @ 200
oh honey, weren’t my claws showing enough? i was saying judy just to fuckin piss her off, catty bitch that i am.
montag @ 204
Next summer. No, no, at Christmas!
spiderpaws @ 205
That likely so that Rudy! can make a joke: “Hey, look after the bag in the other seat.”
Suzanne @ 198
Yeah, good night all you assholes. ***G***
Loo Hoo at #181,
I’m not sure who anyone is in the video. The guy on the left throws his drink at somebody offscreen to the right. Then another guy comes in and takes him out, then a third guy – or a fourth? – breaks it up. I think the guy on the left at the beginning was a Don Young supporter.
Okay, now Rudy! Ghouliani and John WALNUTS! McCain can’t both get exclamation points. I’m going to need a decision here.
Che’s Lounge @ 203
I’m loading about 2.5 hours, personal travelogue.
A lot of it is Pam driving and pointing out stuff: “Over there, that brick buiding, that used to be the dairy in the ’50s”-type stuff.
But some nice footage of Lakes Amnicon and Nebagamon. I’ll put some up at YouTube in a few days, so you may have to remind me later.
*fans newly-feminized self* Oh, my, the air in here is terribly foul tonight. Ladies of the Lake, where are your fucking manners?
TRex @ 211
Stick a fork in McCain already…!!!
Does Don Know?
(remember that line in Tootsie?)
CTuttle @ 215
Who’s forking McCain?
TRex @ 212
I think McCain is slipping into the muck, so if his hand isn’t outstretched and grasping desperately for help, it isn’t worth an exclamation point. He may simply be wanting to vanish into oblivion.
Rudy! on the other hand, still thinks his shit sparkles.
Shadowstalker @ 213
True, my dainty sensibilities are a’reeling tonite…!!!
TRex @ 212
Even the MSM isn’t exclaming too much about poor McCain. He’s been gobbled up, and after all of the water he’s been carrying. I actually feel sorry for the SOB.
ok, folks, i’m gonna be heading out – gotta wash token, the cutest dog in the world (8lb category) before his vet appointment in the am.
The Lurking Mod will be around if fucking needed.
Shadowstalker @ 214
I know exactly what you mean, and I, personally, am quite offended. I don’t know WTF is happening. I think it’s the fems, though.
Suzanne @ 220
Bon Fucking Nuit, Ma Cheri!!!
well let’s not forget all the bad shit McCain has stuck to his shoe…the yelling in the Senate that he knew more than anyone there, the bush hugging, the flip flopping…on and on…bye, bye McCain
That was the worst thing I have seen on the internet all year. WTF were you thinking? I will definitely skip all your posts now that I have seen this monstrosity. Good god are you a man or a tool?
Suzanne @ 221
Well then, Suz, sweet damn dreams.
Jim C @ 225
Pretty good spelling, but you need to work on punctuation, especially commas.
The genuinely amusing thing is that tomorrow all the righty blogs can point at this thread’s commentary as an example of our low breeding, and still not get it.
Shadowstalker @ 227
Not at’ll!!!
CTuttle @ 73
Ooo, that looks bad. But hey, surf’s up! Winds 40-50 miles an hour, 10″ of rain on Big Island.
The Center looks farther north than I was expecting. That means Oahu (Honolulu) could get a lashing. But the Island Weather channel doesn’t seem worried.
Bob in HI
Jim C @ 225
TRex? He’s a tool. A sledgehammer.
Shadowstalker @ 228
Low breeding? There are no dachshunds in my lineage, thank you. :)
http://www.americanchronicle.c…..leID=34921
Interesting post about Conyers and the Impeachment campaign.
Bob Schacht @ 229
Bu, I’d be a little more concerned because it did come closer, as well, as stronger than anticipated! Ka’u is mighty barren area, Waikiki couldn’t absorb the same storm surge as South Point!!!
spiderpaws @ 178
No, just my friend Taiwan An.
Bob in HI
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wor…..679979.stm
KKKarl gets an obit from the BBC :)
This is from the last thread:
Biden on a major face show (my term for the talking heat shows cause it’s just really faces they don’t show the whole head) said that the real way to punish bush and cheney is not to impeach them, but to wait until they leave office and then pursue normal criminal indictments against them. In the US, ex-presidents don’t get immunity from prosecution the way they do in CA and SA. He was later asked abut the ability by GWB to prevent this by pardoning everyone as he goes out the door. Biden replied that if it can be proved that mr bush was committing crimes at the time he issued the pardon which would have been impeachable, the pardon will not hold because the constitution says so. It was pointed out that for this to happen, bush would have to be IMPEACHED (not convicted) when his term of office ends. Biden’s reply was supposedly a big, cruel smile.
Now i’m getting this from the son of a friend who worked the green room of the show where he appeared and so it’s not verifiable. but it does make sense and may be the endgame that reid, conyers, pelosi and biden and maybe even Leahy are working towards…
I should have credited the commenter, sorry…but if Biden know something, you know Leahy does!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…..mi_ea/iraq
Death tolls are raised in yesterday’s suicide bombings in Iraq.
Me3 @ 236
Understatedly understated. Not exactly damning. Not exactly laudatory, either.
I like this letter, mainly because it calls out the fact that we are not safer now:
The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy
Chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Jay and Pat:
On August 3rd the Senate passed and on August 5th President Bush signed legislation (Public Law 110-55) providing temporary six-month changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in light of the Director of National Intelligence’s expressed concerns about a recently-emerged gap in foreign counterterrorism intelligence collection. This issue was given even greater urgency because of the recently-published National Intelligence Estimate on the terrorist threat to the U.S. homeland, which indicates that, after six years of Bush Administration counterterrorism efforts, the threat to the homeland today from Al Qaeda is nearly as great as it was before 9/11.
I know both of you share my disappointment at the process that led to passage of the recent law, and at the flawed outcome itself, which you and I and many others strongly opposed. The temporary authorities in the new law will sunset in six months. While these temporary authorities are in effect, I support all efforts by your two committees to conduct vigorous and comprehensive oversight of their implementation.
I also know that your committees have been working exhaustively on sound options for a longer-term change to FISA, even though your work has been hindered by lack of cooperation from the Administration in providing relevant information. When the Senate reconvenes in September, I fully support your committees working expeditiously together and in a bipartisan manner to develop a longer-term statutory change that better serves American national security interests and comports with the Constitution and proper judicial and congressional oversight. I would like to see the full Senate consider as soon as possible a bill reported by your committees that addresses the deficiencies in the recently-enacted law and any other matter you believe must be addressed.
Thank you for your leadership on these matters.
Sincerely,
HARRY REID
Me3 @ 233
There are 23 Dems and 17 Repugs on the committee!!! WTF!!!
Loo Hoo. @ 237
Hi Loo Hoo. That comment was Alfred from last thread.
Loo Hoo. @ 240
Shit, if Harry doesn’t know that oversight is dead during this period–because the fucking law gives O’Connell and Abu oversight of the spying program, then we’re pretty much doomed.
This is either deceptive, or deceived. Either possibility is not welcome.
This letter is just so much puffery.
…”While these temporary authorities are in effect, I support all efforts by your two committees to conduct vigorous and comprehensive oversight of their implementation.” How? They didn’t even get the documents Shrub initially proffered for passage…!!! WTF???
Me3 @ 238
They are trying hard to keep it under the November bombings that killed 215. I hope it’s fewer dead, but don’t believe them now that the numbers are so close.
g’nite sweet pups, see you on the morrow.
foul-mouthed fuckity fuck fem-bloggers, all.
TeddySanFran @ 245
And some of what is considered alive is beyond the pale. It’s time we start talking about a right to death, same as people talk about a right to life.
Do we allow our dogs to suffer? No, we do the “humane” thing, and put them down when there is no hope to stop the suffering.
TeddySanFran @ 246
Damn skippy! They’re schooling this twenty yr., grizzled, Army Vet, a thing or two…!!! *g*
CTuttle @ 241
http://judiciary.house.gov/Com…..rship.aspx
What is interesting is the quote from the top link:
I dunno… Impeaching is really the only sure path to ending the war. Everything else is just a delaying action.
Me3 @ 249
I dunno… Impeaching is really the only sure path to ending the war. Everything else is just a delaying action.
Infuriating, as the carnage senselessly continues…!!! 8-(
Wonderful. James Carville has weighed in on how Karl has screwed it up for republicans.
TeddySanFran @ 245
The article mentioned many of the living were in critical condition, and we know the aftercare is nonexistent.
Two incidents occur months apart and over 400 people are killed. In the second incident 15 fewer people are killed than in the first. What is progress?
I am going to bed and it is with the same question that I had for many years: go back to Europe or not. It tears me apart. Was just on phone (rather: on hold) with some (large) organization there and they did not even have a recorded message. Those are the small things that drive me nuts there. Then on the other hand, my acquaintances here: all educated, none wants to speak about politics or economics. Especially in the location where I am in, feel am going braindead. (Rant off). YAAWWN! Sweet dreams.
TeddySanFran @ 245
When it becomes this kind of kabuki, you won’t know the players, even with a program.
We aren’t going down the rabbit hole. We’ve already done that long ago….
Loo Hoo. @ 251
Heh, short Carville; KKKRove won many battles, yet, ultimately lost the War…!!! :-)
mulligatawny @ 253
Well, come back and talk earlier tomorrow night. We’d love to discuss these issues.
Everything’s okay CTuttle and Bob?
Loo Hoo. @ 251
I don’t know Loo Hoo – I think the Cobra is uniquely positioned to comment on T_Blosom…:-)
Oh, I agree, newtonusr, we can no longer trust Carville. At all. How does one go to bed with Mary or eat a meal with her and not be in total confliction?
Loo Hoo. @ 257
Not too shabby! Here’s a current pic:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/cpac/wv-l.jpg
That’s my Isle that’s engulfed!!!
Loo Hoo. @ 259
If you think it’s all a game and you’re in it for the money you’re paid, hey, where’s the conflict?
Carville’s no different than his wife. It’s about power and money, not ethics nor doing the right thing for the ordinary people.
Carville is one of those people who thinks idealism is for chumps, as long as he gets his.
a quick drive-by wave to my late-nite pals, from France
Heavens to Betsy! (may she sleep well) That looks like it’s eating you guys up!
punaise, unplugged @ 262
Bon Jour, Punaise!!!
Bedbug.
Loo Hoo. @ 265
pushpin
punaise, unplugged @ 262
Bon matin, mon ami.
Having fun?
Are the tubes in France fancier and quicker than here in the land of debt?
montag @ 261
Yeah they are both “savvy” and “in the know”… I like the hedging too, with the reference that it’s too soon to make judgement on the French revolution….
The chatter birds will chirp different tunes as the decay deepens.
And when is Larry Flynt going to publish the story he outlined on Larry King?
vacation greqt so far; vqriqble weather (mostly good). toobz work fine. different keyboard…
gotta go; catch y’all in a week or so.
I agree with Montag:
Carville’s no different than his wife. It’s about power and money, not ethics nor doing the right thing for the ordinary people.
Carville is one of those people who thinks idealism is for chumps, as long as he gets his.
The question is, how does one look back on their childhood years (when we knew purity and righteousness) and square that with working on such crooked and illegal matters? How does one lose oneself so entirely?
Loo Hoo. @ 271
A house in Georgetown and getting in front of the TV cameras every couple of weeks or so. For some, principles are cheaply bought.
I don’t think James or Mary intend to ever do their own laundry again….
Me3 says:
And when is Larry Flynt going to publish the story he outlined on Larry King?
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I’m hoping it’s all coming out just before the election.
Loo Hoo. @ 271
Citizen Kane
A story inspired by newspaper magnate Randolph Hearst.
I’m bidding Ya’ll a fond adieu, Aloha Oe!!! 8-)
Shithouse-rat scary.
Loo Hoo. @ 271
It happens slowly, little by little, compromise by compromise, one bad move at a time. He may fool himself that he’s the same idealist he was in college, just adapted to a changing environment. Eventually he has to confront the knowledge that the idealistic college boy would hate the man he’ become.
Me3 @ 274
“Rosebud,” eh?
Except that the in-joke was that Rosebud was Hearst’s nickname for Marion Davies’ private parts…. That sort of takes the subject of Carville and wife into somewhat icky territory, methinks….
montag @ 278
Rosebud
And I never got the Gore Vidal connection until just now, repeated gossip?
Loo Hoo. @ 257
Everything’s copacetic here on Oahu, except that we have an out of control brush fire. However, CTuttle is in the middle of a bunch of wind and rain, of a tropical storm variety– Flossie is downgraded to category 1, and the center is south of Big Island, but South Point is getting 10 inches of rain, winds 40-50 mph and 25 foot swells.
Thanks for your concern.
Bob in HI
Me3 @ 279
Ah, who knows? It’s been around for so long that it might be fact, or legend. Orson Welles didn’t pick the name of the sled out of a hat, though. :)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4679979.stm
From the BBC obit I linked above:
Humm… Turdblossom, not Rosebud
Me3 @ 282
What’s not mentioned as further explanation is that Rove was rather devoted to his stepfather. His stepfather eventually retired to Palm Springs and lived a rather openly gay life, and Rove was with him as he was dying.
That says much about Rove’s ability to separate the personal from the political. If anything, it furthers the notion that Rove is entirely amoral in his political dealings.
That’s true, montag @ 283. One thing you’ve got to give Cheney credit for is not pretending about anything. He wanted war-he got war. And he’s never once said that it was a mistake.
Loo Hoo. @ 284
Well, neither has Rove ever regretted his attacks on gays for political purposes. In that sense, he and Cheney (and likely Bush) are all poured from the same crucible into the same mold. They will do anything for political power, and none of them have any personal or ethical twinges about doing so.
TRex @ 8
Yes it does indeed, thank you!
And I do agree with your mother. Such nice red hair she gave you! ;)
Loo Hoo. @ 237
Just how blanket a pardon can Bush issue for everybody? If Bush pardons everyone for everything they may have done then how do we get anyone to testify against him?
The only crime we got Bush on which we could prove beyound reasonable doubt without witnesses is war crimes.
Which I’m thinking the Democrats don’t have the spine for.
montag @ 285
Absolute power corrupts absolutly. When you can disable the prosecution mechanism at the DOJ…. You are untouchable by law enforcement.
things come undone @ 287
Actually, blanket pardons would work against Bush protecting himself from war crimes charges. A pardon has two major requirements–that the pardoned acknowledges wrongdoing, and second, that the pardoned gives up all 5th Amendment rights in matters related to the pardon.
Blanket pardons would mean blanket testimony without 5th Amendment protections, in Congress and in the courts.
Adding to #289, Libby’s commutation of sentence will probably be the standard for the rest of Bush’s term. By commutation, Libby is not required to give up 5th Amendment rights as a condition of commutation, nor would he have to admit guilt.
montag @ 290
I agree, and this crew is willing to accept the label “CONvicted Felon”
montag @ 289
Whats to stop them from lying without the threat of jail?
things come undone @ 292
Well, nothing, I suppose. But, any prosecutor worth his or her salt would have the perp dead nuts before obtaining testimony, and would work them to get the top dog. If they admit to the pardoned offenses, it just makes it easier to obtain further testimony. With a multiplicity of such witnesses, the chances of any or all being caught in a lie and being subject to new charges are much, much greater, thus providing leverage on getting the top dog.
The addendum to #293 is (bloody fookin’ editor is acting up) that no contemporary Dem finding himself or herself in office would proceed to prosecute Bush, et al, for war crimes. Too much chance the `pugs would try to do the same to them later.
Sounds crummy, but it’s still true. Most of these fuckers deserve forty years in jail and to be stripped of all their assets, but, it ain’t gonna happen–not in my lifetime, anyway.
I watched her reply video, and it looks like a couple of times she almost passes out.
Stumbling over words, misspeak, blinking and nodding…
I don’t think it’s just alcohol.
Good Morning, Firepups!
It’s cool and clear this morning in Central Jersey, but the forecast says it’s going up to 90 later today. The coffee is brewin’ and I’ve got a batch of homemade corn bread today. Help yourselves.
Work for peace, every day.
Jacqrat @ 295
Well, stumbling-ass drunk will do all those things to you. :) Unless you’re George W. Bush, and then it all comes quite naturally. :)
things come undone @ 292
Impeachment… If they tell the truth on Bush while he is sitting, the GOP could have no choice but to support hearings. If impeachment overturns or prevents pardons, they get hung out to dry and can go to jail aka Nixon’s crew.
And I am telling you, there are a lot of similarities between this crew & Nixon’s. I have been suggesting the old 1978 H.R. Haldeman book “Ends of Power”… Haldeman clearly stated that when House & Senate Judiciary hearings and subpoena’s (including at that time a prosecutor) started coming… John Dean went and turned evidence on them because he could not secure a promise of pardon from Nixon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._Haldeman
There are a lot of similarities here, so take time to speculate based on modern Watergate analysis. Nixon and Bush both: an unpopular war, enemies lists, coverup after coverup, domestic spying, politization of government, and poll numbers hovering near political absolute zero.
Haldeman was Nixon’s Chief of Staff and he had to go. Rove just went…
Me3 @ 298
Lots of differences, too. The Warren Court in no way resembles the Supreme Court today–point one.
Point two–the people today know that stonewalling–forever and a day–is their best defense. Don’t say nuthin’ to nobody, and everything’s cool.
Point three–in all ways, these fuckers learned from Watergate what not to do. They’ll hang on to the bitter end, because they know that the odds are now in their favor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Colson
If I had to assign Rove a parallel role in the Nixon administration… His job was a cross between that Haldeman (bio linked in previous post) and Charles Colson (bio above).
Oh, yeah, point four. During Watergate, there were Republican senators who were fed up with Nixon’s shenanigans and decided that the institution was more important than Nixon’s notions about the President always being right. They were ready to convict him on an impeachment charge if presented with one.
Today, you couldn’t find a Republican that thought that way with a Geiger counter. They’d be in lock-step support of party, not institution.
Then, you had Howard Baker and his father-in-law, Everett Dirksen. Today, you have Trent Lott and Mitch McConnell, whores extraordinaire.
Altogether, I think, there are more dissimilarities than similarities….
Good Morning
from C-SPAN
WASHINGTON JOURNAL
On our program . . .
Siobhan Gorman of the Baltimore Sun describes a hearing in the federal appeals court, in San Francisco, about secret Nat’l Security Agency wiretaps. Then we take a look at state politics and the race for the White House. Jon Ralson of the Ralston Report offers a view from Las Vegas, Nevada.
Love the background music.
montag @ 299
I agree they will hang to the bitter end… But they are joining a growing list of people who have resigned. Politically toxic and all recent poll numbers show the odds are clearly not in their favor. They must do something desperate simply to have any hope of survival… The GOP is the laughing stock of an entire generation, and truly feared by a entire generation of hispanics.
Me3 @ 304
Umm, but, I don’t think that was your original point. You wanted to know why they weren’t going to have their asses handed to them. I think the reasons elucidated previously are evidence that we will never have that opportunity to grace them with their own behinds….
The country would be better off with them all in jail for a long time, but, that’s not going to happen.
Good morning, pups. MoDo and Thomas Friedman are off today, so there are no columns lurking behind the firewall. Instead of politics I dragged out George Vecsey’s obit on Phil Rizzuto. I saw Scooter play. He was special.
http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/
Coffee and tea are ready, and the biscuits are out of the oven. We’re headed back into the oven again today, with temps supposed to hover around 100 again. Have a good day.
Keep cool!
Elliott, the irony is that I have a heater running in my office because they air condition the place down to the Ice Follies level.
Morning all. I see Nixon and impeachment are the topic. Well, there was a blog I read yesterday saying that Nixon and Podesta(?) had cooked up this plan whereby Podesta would resign (with great fanfare) then scurry off to some remote location and continue doing all the same things without the scrutiny that comes with being in the White House.
My hope is that history is not repeating itself. I’m hoping for a Rove indictment.
montag @ 301
LOL… GOP Senators did not get fed up with Nixon until he became a political liablity… They supported Nixon up until the _moment_ they didn’t. Colson was part of the Congressional Grease machine for the Nixon Crew… The GOP in Congress got fed up with him too.
No two periods or events in history are point for point comparable… But the last time a key player like Rove left after subpoenas, was during Nixon’s era and that bears some comparison.
The will of the GOP minority in the Senate can be altered by elections, which look bad for them: they have a lot more to lose than the Democrats. With Rove no longer playing poltical carrot and stick games that amount to blackmail in places like a GOP controlled Senate Judiciary… One or three of them may scramble for political cover in the “middle” where exposed crooks and liars are considered socially unacceptable.
Maybe.
Marion in Savannah @ 308
then I’ll change it to “Keep comfortable!”
My reaction to Rove’s departure is developing over time, I think. Now I feel a weight about it, a heaviness, a burden; but maybe that’s because we are about to come face to face with the horror of this Administration and and its assault on us, US and our Constitution.
Just can’t shake the unease. But I hope you’re right, solai, that Rove is indicted.
Anyone here hoping for an Imus return to TV?
Elliott @ 312
The words “Inherently Contemptable” keep coming to my mind. If these guys can get away with all they have done then armed bank robbery must be legal by now too.
Me3 @ 310
Umm, fifty-one Dems (then minus the Connecticut concern troll) plus three. Fourteen shy of conviction in the Senate.
Nixon resigned because he had no chance of surviving a trial in the Senate–he never would have resigned had he thought he could survive that process. If Bush’s behavior has been demonstrably worse than Nixon’s (and it has been, by far), and Dems have given up on his impeachment and conviction, I would think they know they cannot get the votes. That would suggest, I think, that the political conditions are quite different today than they were thirty-five years ago.
I guess that’s my main point.
It’s okay to want an impeachment and conviction today, because Bush, et al, deserve that–and more–but, looking at the current conditions, it doesn’t seem likely. Today is not 1973. Things have changed.
There is no John Dean today. There is no Alexander Butterfield. There are no people in this White House who put the truth and the people’s interest above those of party and President.
Maybe, I’ll be proved wrong one day on the above. But, I don’t think so. The evidence, so far, is against it.
Good morning from California.
egregious @ 316
Good Morning!
How’s the vacation?
montag @ 315
Yet… Scooter has a felony conviction, Rove is gone under subpoena.
Your Senate numbers look OK, for now, today. But as I have mentioned, elections are coming… Bush-Rove are toxic with the country.
I am not here screaming Impeachment is gonna happen to ole George, but I am not ruling things out either.
Including things like Rove resigning with a massive cloud of blame & failure hanging over his head (every political cartoonist trashed him)… Libby already wearing a felony conviction on his bio. These perps now have dogs on their trails.
solai @ 313
Yep.
solai @ 309
I don’t think it was Podesta. Podesta, John worked in the Clinton WH. Podesta, Tony headed People for the American Way.
Elliott @ 317
Enjoying the family being together and sitting by the Pacific and resting. And the seafood is heavenly.
Me3 @ 318
As I said, Scooter is now completely protected–by commuting his sentence, Bush has protected Scooter’s 5th Amendment rights and he can refuse testimony from now into perpetuity. Scooter’s a dead issue, legally, from now onward, unless some prosecutor finds new charges, which is most unlikely.
What has happened to change those numbers? Nothing I can see.
The only ones who think Rove is resigning under a cloud are those on the left. There’s no substantive evidence to suggest that he actually is under a cloud–and political cartoonists, from my survey yesterday, overwhelmingly showed Rove as Bush’s brain–no indication of legal wrongdoing amongst them that I could find.
Ah, well, it’s neither here nor there. Events will play out as they will.
I hope you’re right, but, I see nothing solid to suggest that. These guys are gonna skate, to my mind, sad at that may be. [Mod: edited to remove hanging reference]
Prairie Sunshine @ 320
The Nixon White House kinda dominoed until Dick was left talking to the portraits according to some accounts. Every one of the chits to fall had some kind of “plan”. The two dirty trick people who were most closely connected to the Oval office of the day were Colson and Hunt.
solai @ 309
Umm, I believe you’re think of Chuck Colson, not John Podesta. John Dean mentioned conversations to the effect you mention between Nixon and Colson based on White House tapes recently released from the Nixon archives.
TREX!!! YOU NUT!!
Thanks for making me laugh even before I finish my first cup of coffee.
As my grandfather would have said, “Boy, you jest ain’t rite” *LOL*
montag @ 322
Hey egregious — have some crabmeat for me. Sightseeing today, or just lolling around with the family?
Feel like we are waiting for a shoe to drop, as if something much bigger is hanging in mid-air that will do more than ripple the waters when it hits. Had this kind of feeling early in the week before Katrina hit NOLA. Creepy.
Did someone really compare her to Madame de Stael?
Just saw TRex’s video. Oh my stars that’s funny.
Hey Rayne, double helping of crabmeat it is. Re antennae, something’s coming, been trying to prepare by not exhausting myself in the first round. Marathon not sprint. We gotta be ready for the next hideous thing they pull.
solai @ 313
A homophobic asshole like him should crawl back under a rock.
Oh, and Good Morning to all.
Good move, egregious, extra crabmeat and avoiding exhaustion.
Will be hard to do either here this week. Big annual family event this weekend, back-to-back meetings all week, more new things clamoring for attention.
And I haven’t even begun to think about the back-to-school prep.
If you happen to have words with anyone around DC, you might want them to point out that the FISA bill encourages/permits/allows screening of Blackberry communications under the “reasonable belief that persons are outside the U.S.”. Um, yeah.
Me3 @ 326
Okay, find me one person who can make him testify against Bush or Cheney or Rove without new evidence. Huh?
Not a single one of the seventeen or so Repug senators up for reelection in 2008 will run on impeaching Bush or any of his appointees. They will walk away from him, they will avoid talking about him, but they will not cross him or their party.
Bush has an outstanding subpoena, yes, but, that’s not like being under indictment. The WH has guaranteed him protection via executive privilege, and I don’t expect that to change. But, there are no pending indictments to my knowledge. All he has to do is continue to obey WH instructions and it’s unlikely this Congress will have him arrested on contempt of Congress charges. Not. Gonna. Happen.
Neither of those things are criminal offenses, however….
New Scarecrow
montag @ 334
It does not always have to be criminal in politics, and the punishment administered does not always have to come behind bars. Rove leaving and the comment by the Senate Judiciary Chair leave both possibilities open.
Love the video!!!!! Fabulous Job!!!!
dez
I just checked on Technorati, and Ann Althouse has about five times more incoming links than does this blog.
Or is Technorati part of the vast right-wing conspiracy?
TRex, you are the cutest therapod ever. Thanks for the glimpse!
It’s all about ME! W00t!!
“Anodyne Outhouse”
Did you really type that?
“Political debate.” Who knew?
I suspect REAL tits under your shirt.